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News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topicsTue, 31 Mar 2015 18:25:50 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.5House first sale doctrine hearing: My points of viewhttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/house-first-sale-doctrine-hearing-my-points-of-view/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/house-first-sale-doctrine-hearing-my-points-of-view/#commentsWed, 04 Jun 2014 18:49:20 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=114134Well, that was quite a few articles. I hope you at least read my summaries, and they didn’t put you to sleep. I was impressed by the breadth of viewpoints represented in that sample of testimony. We heard from a major publisher, a company and an interest group lobbying for digital resale, a graphic artist, […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/house-first-sale-doctrine-hearing-my-points-of-view/feed/6House first sale doctrine hearing written testimony: John Wiley & Sons, ReDigihttp://www.teleread.com/ebooks/house-first-sale-doctrine-hearing-written-testimony-john-wiley-sons-redigi/
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/house-first-sale-doctrine-hearing-written-testimony-john-wiley-sons-redigi/#commentsMon, 02 Jun 2014 20:54:56 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=113983We’ve covered the history of efforts to implement resale of digital goods before (more than once, in fact), and there’s been quite a discussion of why it would be a bad idea. Now it’s Congress’s turn to talk about it. Today a House subcommittee held a hearing concerning first sale and how it related to […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/house-first-sale-doctrine-hearing-written-testimony-john-wiley-sons-redigi/feed/6ReDigi awarded patent on digital resale ‘without making a copy’http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-awarded-patent-on-digital-resale-without-making-a-copy/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-awarded-patent-on-digital-resale-without-making-a-copy/#commentsWed, 29 Jan 2014 12:00:00 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=106600Yesterday I received a press release from ReDigi, the company trying to allow (and monetize) the resale of “used” digital goods such as music or e-books, with an embargo time of, well, right now. The release claims the award of a patent on the technology ReDigi wants to use to enable the resale of digital […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-awarded-patent-on-digital-resale-without-making-a-copy/feed/3What the ReDigi case might mean for Amazon’s used content planshttp://www.teleread.com/legal/what-the-redigi-case-might-mean-for-amazons-used-content-plans/
http://www.teleread.com/legal/what-the-redigi-case-might-mean-for-amazons-used-content-plans/#commentsTue, 02 Apr 2013 20:37:05 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=82447Numerous websites have been reporting on the latest twist in the ReDigi case (for example, here on Paid Content). The case sets an important potential precedent for other business plans involving the sale of digital content. I know Amazon has contemplated a move into this area, and I wonder if they might be the ones with […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/android/morning-links-39/feed/0The digital resale controversy, in the New York Timeshttp://www.teleread.com/amazon/the-digital-resale-controversy-nytimes/
http://www.teleread.com/amazon/the-digital-resale-controversy-nytimes/#commentsSun, 10 Mar 2013 19:34:13 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=81104The New York Times ran an interesting and fairly informative feature story on March 7; it covers the digital publishing industry’s current digital resale controversy, which was sparked largely by the work of John Ossenmacher, the founder and CEO of ReDigi — a company that refers to itself as ‘The World’s First Pre-Owned Digital Marketplace.’ The story […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/amazon/the-digital-resale-controversy-nytimes/feed/1Is Amazon About to Break the Law?http://www.teleread.com/amazon/is-amazon-about-to-break-the-law/
http://www.teleread.com/amazon/is-amazon-about-to-break-the-law/#commentsTue, 19 Feb 2013 15:04:07 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=79209Amazon has patented a means to sell used e-books within the Kindle system. A book will be branded within the system when it is bought, and when the buyer puts it up for resale at the Kindle store, it will be removed from his account and transferred to the buyer’s account. Amazon will receive a […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/amazon/is-amazon-about-to-break-the-law/feed/7Amazon scores broad patent on reselling ‘used’ digital contenthttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/amazon-scores-broad-patent-on-reselling-used-digital-content/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/amazon-scores-broad-patent-on-reselling-used-digital-content/#commentsFri, 08 Feb 2013 01:32:10 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=78345I’ve written quite a few pieces here about the various attempts to try to create a workable digital resale market—most recently with digital music resale firm ReDigi, which is currently engaged in a legal dispute with music label EMI over its activities. Now it looks as if, as with a lot of its digital media […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/amazon-scores-broad-patent-on-reselling-used-digital-content/feed/0Library advocates, used merchandise vendors lobby for digital ownership rightshttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/library-advocates-used-merchandise-vendors-lobby-for-digital-ownership-rights/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/library-advocates-used-merchandise-vendors-lobby-for-digital-ownership-rights/#commentsWed, 14 Nov 2012 01:54:58 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=74512In his Copyright and Technology Blog, Bill Rosenblatt has an interesting column looking at the Owners’ Rights Initiative, a lobbying coalition of interested parties who have united under the slogan “you bought it, you own it,” seeking to promote the right to resell digital property. The group includes used book vendors such as Powell’s, movie […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/library-advocates-used-merchandise-vendors-lobby-for-digital-ownership-rights/feed/3Supreme Court First Sale Doctrine case could give boost to resale-proof digital media saleshttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/supreme-court-first-sale-doctrine-case-could-give-boost-to-resale-proof-digital-media-sales/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/supreme-court-first-sale-doctrine-case-could-give-boost-to-resale-proof-digital-media-sales/#commentsTue, 30 Oct 2012 16:00:49 +0000http://www.teleread.com/?p=73892Ars Technica has a couple of great, in-depth pieces laying out in detail the facts of the matter surrounding the upcoming Supreme Court case concerning a Thai exchange student who imported and resold cheap foreign editions of English-language textbooks to finance his doctorate. Publishers contend he earned $1.2 million in revenues, and essentially set himself up as an unlicensed […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/supreme-court-first-sale-doctrine-case-could-give-boost-to-resale-proof-digital-media-sales/feed/9European court rules used software sales legal—even for downloaded titleshttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/european-court-rules-used-software-sales-legaleven-for-downloaded-titles/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/european-court-rules-used-software-sales-legaleven-for-downloaded-titles/#commentsTue, 03 Jul 2012 23:20:00 +0000http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/european-court-rules-used-software-sales-legaleven-for-downloaded-titles/Here’s an interesting software ruling out of European courts that might have implications for digital music and e-book resale. The Wall Street Journal reports that Oracle sued a German software company, UsedSoft, that buys up and resells used software licenses from American companies. In that case, the European Court of Justice has decided in favor […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/european-court-rules-used-software-sales-legaleven-for-downloaded-titles/feed/2ReDigi lawsuit raises questions of fair use and first sale in digital agehttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-lawsuit-raises-questions-of-fair-use-and-first-sale-in-digital-age/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-lawsuit-raises-questions-of-fair-use-and-first-sale-in-digital-age/#commentsMon, 02 Jul 2012 23:56:19 +0000http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-lawsuit-raises-questions-of-fair-use-and-first-sale-in-digital-age/The Boston Globe has a report on the record labels’ lawsuit against ReDigi, the company that is trying to bring first sale rights to digital music (and, by extension, digital movie and book) sales. I’ve mentioned ReDigi a number of times, from when it was first conceived (after several similar used-digital-goods efforts failed miserably) to […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-lawsuit-raises-questions-of-fair-use-and-first-sale-in-digital-age/feed/15Judge finds ReDigi does not have to shut down pending EMI’s lawsuithttp://www.teleread.com/ebooks/judge-finds-redigi-does-not-have-to-shut-down-pending-emis-lawsuit/
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/judge-finds-redigi-does-not-have-to-shut-down-pending-emis-lawsuit/#commentsTue, 07 Feb 2012 18:00:41 +0000http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/judge-finds-redigi-does-not-have-to-shut-down-pending-emis-lawsuit/Good news for “used digital music” reseller ReDigi: the district court judge handling the case has denied EMI’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the company, which would have shut it down during the trial. Citing the “fascinating” technological and legal issues involved, U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan said he is inclined to let the […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/judge-finds-redigi-does-not-have-to-shut-down-pending-emis-lawsuit/feed/2Google seeks to file amicus brief in ReDigi casehttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/google-seeks-to-file-amicus-brief-in-redigi-case/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/google-seeks-to-file-amicus-brief-in-redigi-case/#commentsThu, 02 Feb 2012 17:30:52 +0000http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/google-seeks-to-file-amicus-brief-in-redigi-case/The ReDigi lawsuit took an intriguing turn yesterday. Google sent a letter to the judge in the EMI v. ReDigi case asking permission to file an amicus brief. Google says that it is not taking sides in the case, but some points of law that will be considered could set important precedents for the future […]

]]>http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/google-seeks-to-file-amicus-brief-in-redigi-case/feed/1ReDigi responds to RIAA lawsuit, claims fair usehttp://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-responds-to-riaa-lawsuit-claims-fair-use/
http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-responds-to-riaa-lawsuit-claims-fair-use/#commentsMon, 23 Jan 2012 02:15:00 +0000http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/redigi-responds-to-riaa-lawsuit-claims-fair-use/ReDigi has filed a response to the EMI lawsuit seeking to prevent the company from reselling “used” digital music files, Ars Technica reports. In EMI’s suit, it accuses ReDigi of making illegal copies as part of the process of selling this music. In the response, the company claims that any copying that does take place […]